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ROME—Today, in honoring World Wildlife Day, the Honorables Vittorio Ferraresi and Francesca Flati (M5S) presented a bill at the Chamber of Deputies to ban the import and export of hunting trophies of endangered species, the first of its kind in Italy. The bill was presented in partnership with

BRUSSELS —Animal protection campaigners have urged the European Commission to increase its cooperation with the Vietnamese authorities to tackle the illegal trade in African wildlife species. At an online conference, hosted by the Belgian Green MEP Saskia Bricmont, a report from the Environmental

MADRID—En vísperas del Día Mundial de la Vida Silvestre, Humane Society International/Europe, la Fundación Franz Weber y la Asociación Parlamentaria en Defensa de los Derechos de los Animales (APDDA) han celebrado un panel de expertos bajo el lema: “Prohibamos la importación de trofeos de caza de

BRUSSELS—Animal protection organisation Humane Society International, together with a generous donation from Mars, Incorporated, is helping Ukrainian refugees fleeing the conflict with their beloved pets by providing emergency funding and supplies such as pet food, blankets as well as veterinary

BRUSSELS—The European Union must stop allowing the fishing industry to keep and profit from endangered shortfin mako sharks ‘accidentally’ caught in the North Atlantic, or risk the species going extinct, warn leading animal protection groups Pro Wildlife, Humane Society International/Europe, and

ROME—Iconic Italian fashion designer Valentino is the latest major fashion house to drop fur from its collections and shutting down its fur subsidiary, Valentino Polar. The company’s fur-free policy is part of its efforts to redefine and reinvigorate the brand, which will phase out fur by the end of

BRUSSELS—The global decline in biodiversity poses a serious environmental threat and is also inextricably linked to climate change as well as the emergence and spread of infectious diseases. Today the European Parliament adopted a robust report on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, which

ROMA—In vista della riunione del G7 che si terrà questo mese, ai governi di tutto il mondo è stato chiesto di agire per concordare una fine permanente, a livello globale, dell'allevamento di animali da pelliccia per prevenire future epidemie, come quella da SARS-CoV-2. In Italia, l’organizzazione

ROMA—La fine dell'era delle gabbie nell’Unione Europea da ieri è più vicina. Il Parlamento Europeo ha infatti esortato la Commissione Europea a vietare l'uso delle gabbie negli allevamenti entro il 2027, approvando una risoluzione sull'iniziativa dei cittadini europei "End the Cage Age" con una

ROMA–Il Parlamento Europeo ha fatto dietrofront sul suo tentativo di implementare restrizioni ingiustificate e sproporzionate sull’etichettatura, il packaging e le modalità di marketing dei prodotti lattiero-caseari a base vegetale. In vista dei negoziati finali sulla riforma della politica agricola

Największy rumuński niedźwiedż brunatny, nazywany Arturem, zginął w wieku 17 lat z rąk księcia Lichtensteinu Emanuela von und zu. To kolejny przykład nielegalnego zabijania gatunków chronionych unijnym prawem – alarmuje dyrektorka oddziału organizacji Humane Society International (HSI) w Rumunii

ROMA—Per tutelare gli animali, il loro benessere, i loro elementari diritti è necessario che questi temi abbiano maggior rilievo in Europa, nelle istituzioni comunitarie che sulla materia prendono le decisioni più importanti. Lo scopo della campagna #EUforAnimals, cui aderiscono oltre trenta

BRUSSELS—Marking the sixth anniversary of the killing of Cecil the lion by an American trophy hunter, animal and nature protection NGOs, members of the European Parliament, and conservation experts from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya are calling on the EU to ban the import of hunting trophies. In

ROMA/BRUXELLES —Oggi, in una giornata storica per la protezione degli animali, la Commissione UE si è impegnata a eliminare gradualmente le gabbie negli allevamenti di animali in tutta l'UE entro il 2027. La Commissione prevede di vietare le gabbie per galline, scrofe, vitelli, conigli, anatre, oche

MUNICH—Luxury German online fashion retailer Mytheresa has announced it is going fur-free. The platform of more than 200 international designers will be phasing out existing fur inventory by the end of 2022. The ban will cover fur from factory-farmed animals such as mink, fox, chinchilla, muskrat

Dove and The Body Shop have joined PETA, Cruelty Free Europe, Humane Society International/Europe, Eurogroup for Animals and the ECEAE (representing a total of 100 member organisations from 26 EU member states*) to urgently mobilise 1 million European citizens and save cruelty-free cosmetics in

Brussels—MEPs have backed the revision of EU animal welfare legislation, an accelerated transition away from intensive animal agriculture, greater support for plant-based proteins and zero tax for climate-friendly foods with higher tax on climate-damaging foods like meat. The European Parliament’s

BRUSSELS—With the European Union the world’s second largest importer of hunting trophies after the United States, animal protection group Humane Society International/Europe is stepping up its fight with a new hard-hitting campaign. Its striking HSI/Europe research reveals that nearly 15,000 hunting

BRUSSELS—The European Parliament has adopted a resolution vote calling on the European Commission to establish an EU-wide Action Plan for the active phase out of the use of animals in experiments by defining milestones and targets to incentivise progress in the replacement of animals with non-animal

STRASBOURG (16 April 2019)—At the European Parliament’s final plenary session before the EU elections, MEPs voted in favour of a new Regulation on the conservation of fishery resources and the protection of marine ecosystems through technical measures, following many months of difficult negotiations